Deluge

It had been a long time since Li Mengzhou last saw Xu Juan.

Xu Juan wasn’t busy, but he was busy. He was busy to the point where he didn’t even have the time to go pester Xu Juan. Also, it’s not like he dared to. 

Sometimes, he would regret. Regret that back when he was with Xu Juan, if he hadn’t wanted his money or taken advantage of his connections, if he hadn’t accepted all the benefits that Xu Juan had given him, would he have been able to retain even just a little bit of self-dignity? He wouldn’t be as pathetic as he was today, unworthy of even standing tall while asking to chat, afraid that Xu Juan would suspect his motives.

“Ge.” Li Mengzhou said in a small voice, “I heard about what happened with your family.”

Xu Juan leaned against the sink, swept his gaze over him, and said nothing.

Li Mengzhou forced out a natural smile: “Who is that person? Have you found true love? For him, you were willing to…” 

“I doubt that’s any of your business.” Xu Juan interrupted him, “What do you want with me? Be direct if you need something. Otherwise, I’m very busy, so goodbye.”

Xu Juan turned to leave, but Li Mengzhou hurriedly grabbed at him, choking out: “I want to make up with you! Even now, I still don’t understand. Why did you suddenly stop liking me back then? Did my figure worsen? Did I become unattractive? I don’t think I did, so why are you unwilling to be with me?”

“Got tired of you.” Xu Juan replied icily, “You can’t expect me to fuck only one person my entire life. Men enjoy the feeling of novelty, don’t you know that?”

“……”

Li Mengzhou went into a momentary daze, his eyes reddening.

Just as Xu Juan thought he no longer had anything left to say, he suddenly hugged Xu Juan, his arms like claws clinging insistently to Xu Juan’s waist, pushing him against the wall.

“I don’t mind it!” Li Mengzhou sprawled against Xu Juan’s shoulder. Probably due to filming requirements, his fluffy hair was dyed blue, and he was wearing earrings. The cool metal pressed tightly to Xu Juan’s neck, shocking Xu Juan.

Li Mengzhou said: “I don’t mind how many people you keep by your side, as long as you don’t abandon me. Can’t you leave me a spot, please, ge?” 

“……” Xu Juan went quiet for a bit, “Why you are being so cheap?”

Li Mengzhou hugged him tightly: “That’s right. I’m cheap, shameless, and have no self-respect. Even though I’m offering myself to you like this, you refuse to fuck me. But it’s because I like you, so what am I supposed to do?”

The two arms that were originally hugging his waist suddenly slid downwards. Before Xu Juan could react, Li Mengzhou knelt down on one knee and faced his crotch, as if about to kiss it.

Xu Juan immediately sidestepped him, getting angry: “What the fuck are you trying to do? This is my company! You might be shameless, but I’m not!” 

Li Mengzhou’s face was pressed to his work pants, his face pale but eyes red.

He knelt there on the ground, looking up at Xu Juan with tears running down his face, nose red from crying. This look was pitiful on him, and the view was very nice. But it also made him look cheap, eliciting disdain towards him.

Such a good-looking little beauty was kneeling at his crotch and begging to be fucked, even if Xu Juan was scolding him in his heart for being so hair-raisingly cheap, he couldn’t control his senses, it even invoked a little sadistic desire in him —— The more he found Li Mengzhou irritating, the more he wanted to do something to vent his impulsive feelings of annoyance.

Xu Juan took in a deep breath, then spat his words out slowly. 

He couldn’t not admit, perhaps it was true that all men were essentially beasts. He had absolutely no feelings for Li Mengzhou, so even though Li Mengzhou had suddenly pulled such an act, not only would he not be moved, he would in fact dislike him more.

But though his heart was not moved, the same might not be said for his lower body.

Perhaps it was because Li Mengzhou understood exactly this, that he could guess, and seduce him so audaciously.

It really was quite sly. 

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He was very blunt with him. After all, someone like Li Mengzhou didn’t need his honeyed words.

In any case, they had been together once. Xu Juan’s heart changed at his whim, how tender those eyes used to be was how icy and ruthless they were now. They could trample any heart into pieces. 

Li Mengzhou’s had already broken into pieces once.

Now, he had picked up the pieces and put it together only for it to be broken once again. Still, he couldn’t help staring up at Xu Juan helplessly.

Xu Juan was stared at until he laughed.

He leaned down and grasped Li Mengzhou’s jaw: “Am I that good a person? What exactly do you like about me?” 

“Everything.” Li Mengzhou used a tearful tone, saying in a low voice, “I like when you hold me, and every expression on your face. Maybe you’re not a very good person, but no one can be like you. You’re the only one I like, I don’t want to look at other people anymore.”

“……”

Xu Juan fell silent, the more he thought about it, the more he found love mysterious.

He couldn’t confirm if Li Mengzhou truly was in love with him, but apart from love, there didn’t seem to be any other explanation for Li Mengzhou’s current behaviour. 

If it were solely for the sake of money, why would he play himself down this much? At the very least, he was a popular celebrity who had already debuted. He could be considered to have a career, he didn’t have a need to sell his body or dignity for benefits.

Xu Juan didn’t say anything, so Li Mengzhou took his silence as consent. He suddenly leaned forward and stole a kiss to his cheek, saying coyly: “Gege.”

“……”

In the past, Li Mengzhou would only call him this in bed. Xu Juan was entirely flustered by this call, but he didn’t really want to pay any attention to Li Mengzhou, so he pushed him aside: “Are you done filming today? If you are, you should leave.” 

Xu Juan straightened up, then went to the sink to wash his hands.

From the mirror, he saw Li Mengzhou get up from the ground, seemingly obedient: “Then I’ll go first. Can I contact you after?”

“No.” Xu Juan soaked his hands in the cold water, not looking up.

“……” 

Li Mengzhou said nothing else, then yet again, quietly looked at him for a while. Who knew what he was thinking about, but whatever it was, he finally walked away reluctantly.

Xu Juan looked up and stared at his own reflection in the mirror for a few seconds, feeling some discomfort in his heart.

At this moment, his phone suddenly vibrated.

Xu Juan flicked the water off his hands and dried them with a paper towel. Taking his phone out, he saw that it was a text from Pei Yu. 

Pei Yu: “What are you busy with right now? Have you had lunch?”

“……”

Pei Yu’s face immediately surfaced in Xu Juan’s mind. He remembered the scene from that morning and thought of how Pei Yu had worried for him, of how he had personally sent him to the subway station.

Xu Juan left the washroom, typing out his reply as he walked back to his office: “A meeting just ended, I haven’t eaten yet. You?” 

“I haven’t eaten either.” Pei Yu said, “I don’t have classes in the afternoon. Shall I go to you?”

“Sure. Do you know where my company is?”

“Nope.”

Xu Juan shared the location with him. Pei Yu said: “Then you wait for me, I’ll grab some food and head over. What do you feel like having?” 

“Anything’s fine, I’m not picky.”

To be honest, he didn’t have much appetite at the moment, but it was important to have meals on time. What surprised Xu Juan was that Pei Yu would actually want to come over to him with no qualms about the distance. Perhaps, all couples were the same while in their honeymoon phase; They would take any opportunity to spend time together.

Xu Juan let Xiao Lin know to invite Pei Yu up once he had arrived.

Xiao Lin took note. Xu Juan closed the door to his office, then sat at his desk in low spirits. 

Honestly, he had been frustrated all morning. But ever since he met Li Mengzhou, the frustration turned into a different feeling.

He blamed the dampening of his spirits on Li Mengzhou’s sudden appearance, to the point where he actually wanted to see Pei Yu a little.

Pei Yu was so good to him.

Xu Juan mused quietly, Pei Yu was worthy of every beautiful description. If he were to say, in his heart, Li Mengzhou was lowly scum of the earth, then Pei Yu was like the moon strung up high in the sky; Calm and bright, spilling light across the sky and tenderly shining over him. 

But while his heart was moved by the dazzling moon, he still harboured a shameful desire for the earth.

Was it because his love wasn’t deep enough? Or was love always meant to be this way –– to be seen as something completely removed from lust?

Xu Juan pondered this and concluded that it was probably because he and Pei Yu had never actually slept together. Sex was an integral element of dating. He had been with Pei Yu for such a long time, but they had never gone all the way. It truly was too absurd.

After spacing out for a bit, Pei Yu arrived not long later. 

When Pei Yu entered, he was carrying two paper bags. It was probably food.

But Xu Juan didn’t feel like eating right now. There was a sofa in his office. Pei Yu set the bags down on the coffee table and had yet to open them when he was hugged by Xu Juan.

“What are you doing?” Pei Yu was slightly caught off guard and laughed, “Why so enthusiastic?”

“Because I miss you.” Xu Juan grabbed at the hand that Pei Yu had lifted to open the paper bags, then pressed him down onto the sofa, saying, “I’ve missed you, very much.” 

“……”

His voice was low, carrying hints of provocation. Pei Yu’s ear went numb, half his body going stiff.

When Xu Juan was being clingy, he truly was very clingy. He had never known the concept of embarrassment, he was direct and very aggressive. Pei Yu couldn’t resist his fiery kiss at all. The two of them messed around on the sofa for a long time, and because it was getting too intense, Xu Juan nearly fell off.

Pei Yu’s arms locked around his waist, holding onto him firmly. 

“…This isn’t a good place for this, is it?”

“It’s fine.”

“Why are you being this impatient?”

“I miss you.” 

“……”

“I want you, Pei Yu.”

Xu Juan could also tell that the other was a little aroused. But Pei Yu wasn’t a shameless person. He was embarrassed to go all the way with him in broad daylight. What if someone walked in on them? The soundproofing here didn’t seem very good.

“Let’s continue when we’re home.” Pei Yu tried to control his heavy breathing, pushing at him with a flushed face. 

But he couldn’t push him away.

Xu Juan was hell-bent on going through with it, adamantly keeping Pei Yu trapped under him as he reached out to undo Pei Yu’s belt.

Although Pei Yu was flustered, he had long since been led astray by him. He feigned decency and gave him a couple of shoves before giving up, since the truth was that he, too, was finding it a little difficult to restrain himself.

Xu Juan’s movements were practised. He ripped Pei Yu’s belt off and tossed it onto the ground, then went on to undo his own pants. 

Pei Yu didn’t idle, either. His arms were wrapped around Xu Juan’s waist, stroking as he kissed his neck.

Xu Juan was in full formal attire today. The collar of his white shirt was clean and spotless, properly covering up his flawless neck.

Pei Yu pulled that collar to the side and kissed him slowly.

His kisses were delicate and scorching, carrying a shocking hint of fire. Unconsciously, Xu Juan shied away, but no matter where he retreated to, Pei Yu chased him. Xu Juan let out a quiet laugh: “Aren't you one clingy rice cake, Pei laoshi?”

It was meant to be flirty, but Pei Yu didn’t respond.

Xu Juan looked over from the corner of his eyes, only to see that Pei Yu had abruptly stopped whatever he was doing. From his collar, he picked out a strand of light blue hair. It was neither short nor long, and therefore difficult to distinguish between a man’s or a woman’s.

“What is this?” Pei Yu’s expression froze and he lifted his gaze to look at him.